Colloidal crystal thin films grown into corrugated surface templates

Langmuir. 2010 Apr 6;26(7):4559-62. doi: 10.1021/la904396m.

Abstract

The influence of patterned surfaces on the formation of one- and two-dimensional colloidal crystals is analyzed. We have used the corrugated surface of a digital versatile disc (DVD) for template surface processing. When the sphere diameter is on the order of the groove width of patterned substrates, a rich variety of particle decorations appear. However, if particle size is much larger than template patterns, large domains of particle ordering are formed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Crystallization
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Nanostructures / ultrastructure
  • Nanotechnology / methods*
  • Surface Properties